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    Adjs. & Verbs + Prep

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    This document provides lists of common adjectives and verbs followed by prepositions in English. It lists adjectives that can be followed by prepositions like "of", "at", "in", "on", "to", and "for". It also lists verbs that take certain prepositions like "agree with", "apply to", "concentrate on", "depend on", "dream of", "laugh at", "pay for", and "suffer from". It then provides a test to choose the correct prepositions to follow various adjectives and verbs in sentences.

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    This document provides lists of common adjectives and verbs followed by prepositions in English. It lists adjectives that can be followed by prepositions like "of", "at", "in", "on", "to", and "for". It also lists verbs that take certain prepositions like "agree with", "apply to", "concentrate on", "depend on", "dream of", "laugh at", "pay for", and "suffer from". It then provides a test to choose the correct prepositions to follow various adjectives and verbs in sentences.

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    This document provides lists of common adjectives and verbs followed by prepositions in English. It lists adjectives that can be followed by prepositions like "of", "at", "in", "on", "to", and "for". It also lists verbs that take certain prepositions like "agree with", "apply to", "concentrate on", "depend on", "dream of", "laugh at", "pay for", and "suffer from". It then provides a test to choose the correct prepositions to follow various adjectives and verbs in sentences.

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    Adjs. & Verbs + Prep

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    This document provides lists of common adjectives and verbs followed by prepositions in English. It lists adjectives that can be followed by prepositions like "of", "at", "in", "on", "to", and "for". It also lists verbs that take certain prepositions like "agree with", "apply to", "concentrate on", "depend on", "dream of", "laugh at", "pay for", and "suffer from". It then provides a test to choose the correct prepositions to follow various adjectives and verbs in sentences.

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    ADJECTIVES & VERBS FOLLOWED BY A PREPOSITION

    ADJECTIVES + PREP.

    of about
    afraid of anxious about
    ashamed of sorry about
    fond of worried about
    (in)capable of
    full of
    short of
    proud of
    tired of
    typical of

    at / in / on to
    good, bad, excellent, etc. at married to, similar to
    slow at accustomed to
    surprised, shocked, amazed, close to
    astonished at (by sth) kind to
    dependent on, keen on related to
    interested in different to (from)

    for with
    early / late for fed up with
    famous for angry with
    ready for disappointed with
    responsible for happy with
    sorry for satisfied with
    suitable for
    VERBS + PREP.
    –
    – agree with
    – apologise to sby. for sth.
    – apply to sby. for sth.
    – believe in sth.
    – belong to sby.
    – complain to sby. about sth.
    – concentrate on
    – congratulate sby. on
    – consist of
    – crash into = chocar con
    – depend on
    – divide into
    – dream about = soñar con (estando dormido)
    – dream of = soñar con (estando despierto, ej. una ilusión)
    – explain sth. to sby.
    – forget about
    – insist on
    – laugh at
    – listen to
    – look at / after / for
    – pay for sth.
    – prevent sby from doing sth
    – remind (me) of (recordar, hacer memoria)
    – search for
    – shout at
    – speak / talk to / with
    – spend money on / waste money on
    – succeed in = tener éxito en
    – suffer from
    – rely on
    – think about / of (pensar en algo o alguien)
    – think in (pensar en una lengua)
    – tranlate from ... into ...
    – warn sby. about sth.
    – write to

    TEST FOR ADJ./VERB + PREP.

    Write the correct preposition in each space.


    1. Don’t spend all your money ____ sweets. Save money.
    2. This model is very similar ____ the other one but the material is
    bad.
    3. I’m not very keen ____ swimming. In fact, I hate all water sports.
    4. The travel agent warned us ________ the terrible weather
    conditions.
    5. I dreamt _______ you last night. We were all alone on a deserted
    island.
    6. You can’t rely ____ him. He is irresponsible.
    7. Who was responsible _____ the disaster?
    8. Concentrate ____ your exam and forget ________ the people around
    you.
    9. She’s very fond ____ her niece. She’s always giving her presents.
    10.He finally succeeded ____ passing his driving test.
    11.He passed his driving test despite crashing _______ a phone box.
    12.I’m not very good ___ this. Could you help me?
    13. She is incapable ___ apologising ____ anybody ____ doing anything.
    14.She is fed up ______ being married _____ him.
    15.You remind me ____ a girl I used to know in Scotland.
    16.Complain ___ the manager ________ your problems.
    17.He’s full ____ ideas but short ____ money.
    18. They are poor but they dream _____ having a better life.
    19.I need somebody to depend ____ .
    20.They were surprised ______ the size of the house.
    21.This is very different ______ what I expected.
    22.He suffers _____ a rare tropical disease.
    23.She’s interested ____ languages.
    24. I’d like to congratulate you _____ passing this text!

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